Why “optimised” is being discussed
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I'm a 25+ year C++ programmer, and what you're saying is nonsense. First, managing costs is an important part of engineering. More importantly, though, the use of browser engine…
by pron · Oct 31, 2026
As mentioned elsewhere in this thread, this book is quite poorly written. But I think it's still enjoyable, in part because you can see the hand of the author pulling the string…
by Kotlopou · Oct 31, 2026
I remember optimizing a huge build that took days. We optimised it to only hours on a cluster - it took years to get this right. We realised at the end of this that the packagin…
by t43562 · Oct 30, 2026
Thanks! To respond to your questions - there is a lot indeed. I think the trick was reusing the same techniques I used before (materials, shaders, colours, light setups and much…
by pawelwentpawel · Oct 30, 2026
Google search ads are just highly optimised over now 26 years. There's no reason that OpenAI won't do the same. How successful they are going to be is not clear though.
by legulere · Oct 30, 2026
Most of the world does NOT optimise for efficiency, particularly at the big end. Really big hyperscale companies (and some startups) are unusual because they at least sort of tr…
by xyzzy123 · Oct 30, 2026
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